Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. What's something you'd rate a 10/10? Tell us why.

I would rate my Zoomie a 10/10!  Actually, I’d rate him a 1000000000/10! He is now officially and legally all mine. :) He is great on gas mileage, isn’t too tall for me to easily get into, and is a beautiful red color. I love my Zoomie and thank Heavenly Father for him very much.

2. What job would you be terrible at? What makes you think so?

I would be terrible at any job that required public speaking.  I don’t just think so, I know so. I am painfully shy. I get totally terrified just at the thought of it. I get faint, my tongue swells, my mouth goes dry, I shake all over. The works.  Thank you, Miss Cromer.

3. When did you last take a fall? What's something you're falling for (in a good way) these days?

I cannot remember any details about my last fall. As Laynie has pointed out, we’re a house full of clumsy folks and there’s always somebody falling. The last fall that still has a very painful impact on me was just before Davey left for the Marines. I fell hard on my tailbone twice in the same week and broke it. Instead of getting better, it hurts worse with each passing day. One learns to adjust.

Of course, I am always falling for David. :) Sometimes because of him, too. We’re pretty good about tripping each other up!

4. According to the Travel Channel here are some of America's best fall festivals-

National Apple Harvest Festival (near Arendtsville PA, close to Gettysburg), Harvest on the Harbor (Portland Maine), German Village Festival (Columbus Ohio), Wellfleet Oyster Fest (Cape Cod), and Wine and Chile Fiesta (Santa Fe NM)

Have you ever been to any of the festivals listed? Which one appeals to you most? Does your hometown have any sort of fall celebration, and if so will you make it a point to attend?

I have never been to any of those, but I think the apple harvest festival would appeal to me the most out of those choices.

I don’t know if there is a fall festival here or not. I lost interest in those things in this area a long time ago. All of their festivals are loaded with drinking and I don’t want to be in the midst of a crowd of drunk folks, no matter how nice they might be otherwise.

5. What is your goodbye message to summer?

Since it never really leaves here, I guess my message to it would be, “Oh, come on, already! Get on out of here!”

6. Insert your own random thought here.

“Out of pain and problems have come the sweetest songs, and the most gripping stories.” ~Billy Graham

What have you reaped from your pain or problems?

I have learned that, no matter what, I will survive. I don’t know that I would call myself a fighter anymore. I’m tired of fighting. Pain may be here to stay, but so am I, it seems. Like the saying goes, “What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger”. You’d be surprised what you can live through.

Thankfully, Heavenly Father has given me a high tolerance to most pain. With the health issues that I have, I should be in much more pain that I am. He is protecting me from the worst of it. For that, I am grateful.

Random Thought, Part 2:  Have any of you ever had a hope chest or started one for someone else? Any tips or suggestions for someone that has never had one, but wants to make sure her daughters do?

Have a blessed day, y’all!

Chest Image Source: Pixabay.

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